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Monday, July 28, 2014

New Book: Walking From Lockney To Jerusalem: My Life In The Worldwide Church of God

It’s a walk of faith--and it also involves a “faith of
inconvienence”...Join Coy Reece Holley as he takes you through a
"walking tour" of his life in this unique "memoir with a twist in
”Walking From Lockney To Jerusalem: My Life In The Worldwide Church of
God". This book will help you see evangelical Christianity through
totally different eyes and will provoke you to explore issues not only
in religion, but also in society that you may not have otherwise
considered. He also recounts his own unique journey as a member of the
Worldwide Church of God originally founded by Herbert W. Armstrong (now
called Grace Communion International) through an insider's perspective
of what happened in the years shortly before Joseph W. Tkach, Sr.'s 1994
"Christmas Eve" sermon as well as the aftermath of "the changes" within
WCG/GCI that followed. Mr. Holley tells the story of how those
"changes" have impacted both past and present WCG/GCI members even to
this day.

Come join me on a TRUE "walk of faith" by reading "Walking From Lockney To Jerusalem"!

Second Corinthians 5:7 reminds us that we "...walk by
faith, not by sight." For most people in evangelical Christianity, this
particular verse is a hard passage to put into practice. But my own life
has proved to be an continued practical lab experiment that my God has
used to put abstract spiritual concepts on the bottom shelf and make
them more easily understandable. "Walking From Lockney To Jerusalem: My
Life In The Worldwide Church of God" serves as an autobiographical
account of not only my own personal life story, but also particularly
emphasizing the personal journey I underwent in becoming a member of a
church that just 25 years ago was once called a "cult" by many in
orthodox Christianity, but which has since renounced previous unBiblical
teachings for the cause of Christ. In "Walking...", I recount from an
insider's perspective both the positive experiences as well as the trail
of tears that myself and many other WCG members experienced after
"...the changes". I also use some of my own stories as a way to give
voice to other WCG brethren who still to this day have problems in
expressing how they feel about what has happened in WCG/GCI.

1 comment:

There could always be more to the picture than what was written here, but it sounds as if this guy has found healing, and is on a good path.

Because Armstrongism was such a powerfully warping modifier, I tend to be skeptical of anything forthcoming from a present or former member or minister. But, I think I'd give Coy the benefit of doubt enough to at least investigate one of his books.